Some questions on format "3.0 (quilt)" multi-origin
Hi,
I'm working on switching dovecot package to format "3.0 (quilt)" and I
wish to use the multi-origin option, because it comes as three source
tar.gz [1][2][3] plus a patch [4].
I've done the initial switch [5] and it works quite well, but i have
some general questions:
1) Dovecot is maintained as a team, so we need a VCS to coordinate our
efforts (ATM it is svn), but I'm not able to find a VCS-buildpackage
tool that support multiple origins. Is there anyone?
2) Talking of an hypothetic VCS-buildpackage using pristine-tar or
similar tools, how it can known which component tarball need it to
extract to create the right build environment? May be we should define a
standard place under the debian/source directory for such information.
3) When a new version of a component is released, how to handle it in
the new source format? I can't find any standard place where to put meta
informations regarding extra origin tarball.
I'll appreciate if somebody can help me on these points.
Regards,
Marco
[1] http://www.dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-1.2.7.tar.gz
[2] http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.2/dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.13.tar.gz
[3]
http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.2/dovecot-1.2-managesieve-0.11.9.tar.gz
[4]
http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.2/dovecot-1.2.7-managesieve-0.11.9.diff.gz
[5] http://www.prato.linux.it/~mnencia/debian/dovecot/
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